Show I Splitting the Spoils r I ro o 0 JN IN DOMESTIC difficulties difficulties there is solace in poverty for In all matrimony there s f nothing that excites s sy more than a t Cl marri married d man about to be given his free 1 lii In wealthy divorce natters matters troubles trouble appear to come singly often arriving in pairs and sometimes in droves The rift in the Ch plin household looks like a dynamic lre of love and hatred politics and busi i s and law and var war and finance governmental intervention t attracts attracts' more nore attention thail a ch m heavyweight contest and promises b bOut ut the s me possibilities for a knockout The fh array of legal talent which has been and assembled for the fray rivals our our international in- in diplomatic corps and seems 10 o indicate indicate in- in that the collector of internal revenue will not have to worry the colle collection tion of Ch Charlies Charlie's 1926 income tax The rl Cha Chaplin business is in the of receivers and this is not designed to help the comedian pay the heavy claims which are made upon him by his wife And yet Some people say divorce is becoming easier easier in the United Sta States es The fact of the is that Chaplin already is a a heavy er regardless of f the ultimate of tile tIfe divorce court f When he gets through paying attorneys and courts for adjusting his matrimonial diffiCulties difficulties to the satisfaction of all concerned L a and when he computes the loss in prestige o occasioned by the charges whether they are ed or not and when he reckons the st f receivership Charlie Chartie ought to o be free of financial worries Out I of df it all he ought to gain some definite on divorce etc elc It It hardly seems just right A poor poorman man can get et a divorce for fifty o ot a hundred r dollars or what have you The procedure s not quite so simple fo for rich folk showing i perhaps that hat marriage is material than so ne pe pl are willing to admit Hence it appear the legal tangle is not so much n Ha matter of severing the bonds as it i one 1 splitting of-splitting the spoils Perhaps the rich ich folk to get and demand that divorce matters be settled by referees on a basis of f fact The elimina of legal technicalities Ji and arguments would cut d dOwn wn the cost of i di materiallY Of course course th there re would b be e less for the attorneys put but on th the other othe Jl nd there would be more for each of the principals pals C A. A |